Blender with Digital Ocean?
It is definitely possible to run Blender on a DigitalOcean server. That being said, I wouldn't recommend it as it's pretty expensive if you want good performance and fast render times.

Here's how to install Blender on a DigitalOcean droplet:


Download the latest 64-bit version of Blender (choose the right one for your droplet)
Move the file to /usr/local and unzip it
Add Blender to the PATH variable
Install some missing libraries. There's a how-to guide on which packages you'll need here: Installing Blender on a virtual server
Once everything's installed, you'll want to run your render via the command line: ./blender -b path/to/your/file.blend --engine CYCLES [the rest of the render options]


I toyed around with the idea of building a DigitalOcean-based render farm. After a few tests I concluded that it would be prohibitively expensive.